Early Modern Era. World War I season; schedules and participation were substantially reduced.

1918 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

87 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	GGreat Lakes Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–0–2	230.82	288.18	109.86	—
2	Georgia Tech FBS · SIAA	—	6–1	215.33	297.66	87.21	—
3	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–0	214.22	291.25	95.31	—
4	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	9–0	197.62	258.84	76.79	—
5	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	★	4–1	185.67	233.40	104.15	—
6	Oklahoma FBS · Southwest	—	6–0	179.03	249.99	73.61	—
7	Michigan FBS · Western	★	5–0	158.91	204.95	65.07	—
8	Illinois FBS · Western	—	5–2	156.68	181.71	105.00	—
9	Virginia Tech FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	7–0	153.98	208.96	64.21	—
10	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1	153.55	185.59	92.99	—
11	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–1	131.72	158.62	88.58	—
12	Iowa FBS · Western	—	6–2–1	129.90	142.75	95.87	▲ 1
13	Vanderbilt FBS · SIAA	—	4–2	129.46	158.46	87.91	▼ 1
14	Clemson FBS · SIAA	—	5–2	123.32	127.52	92.99	▲ 1
15	MMare Island Marines FBS · FBS Independents	—	10–1	122.48	139.80	64.14	▼ 1
16	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	119.84	94.38	153.55	—
17	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	6–1	111.59	131.18	67.71	—
18	Davidson FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	2–1–1	108.20	141.89	82.82	—
19	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–0	106.52	138.38	45.30	—
20	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–1–2	102.51	113.06	82.02	—
21	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1	101.03	118.05	79.10	—
22	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	100.17	102.04	101.03	—
23	Washington and Lee FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	98.07	85.42	109.54	—
24	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–3	96.73	109.19	92.49	—
25	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2	92.37	84.76	85.04	—
26	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–2	91.07	92.19	83.59	—
27	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–2	90.96	76.24	103.33	—
28	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–2	87.33	65.70	117.74	—
29	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	3–3	86.29	98.39	78.24	—
30	Mississippi State FBS · SIAA	—	3–2	84.78	111.71	55.25	—
31	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	4–2	83.99	97.24	55.59	—
32	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	2–2–1	82.09	59.00	112.79	—
33	Oklahoma State FBS · Southwest	—	4–2	80.88	70.86	81.43	—
34	TCU FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	4–2	79.29	82.32	62.41	—
35	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	79.09	82.14	64.10	—
36	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–3	74.50	77.57	61.14	—
37	California FBS · Pacific	—	6–2	72.47	80.97	48.56	—
38	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–3	71.62	71.54	68.58	—
39	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–3–1	71.10	60.80	92.09	—
40	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
41	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
42	Florida FBS · SIAA	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
43	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
44	Georgetown FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
45	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
46	Nevada FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
47	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
48	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
49	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
50	Richmond FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
51	Tulane FBS · SIAA	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
52	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
53	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
54	Washington State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
55	William & Mary FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
56	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
57	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	66.42	54.04	99.73	—
58	Indiana FBS · Western	—	2–2	66.28	87.63	52.20	—
59	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2–1	66.15	53.78	90.42	—
60	Purdue FBS · Western	—	3–3	61.16	48.26	82.70	—
61	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–1	59.90	68.12	40.46	—
62	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	1–5–1	58.58	74.00	85.15	—
63	Kentucky FBS · SIAA	—	2–1	56.66	36.02	68.91	—
64	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	1–1	55.62	55.71	53.97	—
65	Maryland FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	4–1–1	54.69	63.90	33.69	—
66	Sewanee FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	53.13	40.19	70.60	—
67	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–3	48.03	45.23	71.93	—
68	NC State FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	1–3	47.15	1.00	108.55	—
69	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	3–2	44.78	25.72	57.86	—
70	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	0–3	41.90	17.75	97.49	—
71	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	3–2	41.28	20.19	56.42	—
72	Southwestern U FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–2	41.04	33.85	44.43	—
73	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	3–3	40.78	15.44	73.68	—
74	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–2	38.26	36.33	69.50	—
75	South Carolina FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–1–1	37.69	35.48	41.90	—
76	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–2	36.95	12.42	60.61	—
77	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–2	33.68	13.01	42.47	—
78	VMI FBS · South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic	—	1–3	33.47	9.81	72.11	—
79	Auburn FBS · SIAA	—	2–5	31.12	1.00	80.77	—
80	Ole Miss FBS · SIAA	—	1–3	26.66	1.00	65.60	—
81	Chicago FBS · Western	—	4–6–1	26.46	7.60	63.60	—
82	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–3	25.51	1.00	53.35	—
83	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	2–4	23.94	15.25	52.52	—
84	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	0–2–1	23.06	1.00	69.50	—
85	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4	22.67	16.00	38.27	—
86	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	3–5–1	19.10	1.00	48.53	—
87	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	0–6	10.83	1.00	63.49	—